BO Report: ‘Chhalla Mud Ke Nahi Aaya’, ‘Lee Kernaghan: Boy From the Bush’ make mark in quiet weekend
After a noisy few months at the box office, last weekend proved the slowest since mid-May.
With school holidays starting around the country and a diversity of blockbusters in release, cinemas around Australia have experienced their best weekend of 2022.
'Top Gun: Maverick' held on to that loving feeling at the box office for a second weekend, taking in another $13 million.
April has already brought renewed vitality to the box office, with new releases 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2', 'Morbius', 'The Bad Guys' and 'The Duke' each drawing good crowds last weekend.
Going up against The Caped Crusader - or indeed any superhero - at the box office is a daunting prospect at present, but both the Channing Tatum-led 'Dog' and anime 'Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie' opened decently last weekend
Kenneth Branagh's 'Death On The Nile' seems to have tempted at least some older moviegoers - those who have so far been the most reticent to return to cinemas - out of their homes.
Seems the daredevils of Jackass are still amusing audiences 22 years after they first appeared on MTV, with their latest set of pranks finally pushing 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' off the top of the box office.
Leading the box office once again last weekend was Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune', while another Timothée Chalamet-starrer, 'The French Dispatch', opened in fifth.